This year, the network announced that Puppy Bowl XIV will take place on a brand new field, according to Vanity Fair, who spoke to executive producer Simon Morris.

As for the referee — he’s a sloth. A sloth named Shirley, that is. (Ok, the actual ref is host Dan Schachner, but the sloth’s going to be there too.)

Puppy Bowl XIV lineup

Animal Planet works with shelters around the country to fill their roster.

"We’ve got special needs dogs, we’ve got dogs from areas that have been affected by natural disasters [pups rescued during Hurricane Harvey, Maria and Irma], so a really incredible roster this year," Schachner, who referred to the game as the "biggest competition on four legs," told PEOPLE in an interview this week.

"We used to have to appeal to shelters, now they come to us every year," he continued while holding one of these pups in his hand. "And we try to showcase a variety of breeds, a variety of sizes..." (He proceeds to be interrupted by dog kisses.)

According to executive producer Morris, the players to watch are Mango, a rescue from Mexico and the Puppy Bowl’s first international player, a Chihuahua-poodle mix named J-Paw (short for Jennifer Pawrence) and a Pomeranian named Morris (not to be confused with Morris, the producer).

Morris (the producer) told Vanity Fair that Schachner had to step in during filming to give a call "reminding all the puppies that Morris is, in fact, not a chew toy, but actually a puppy, and shouldn’t be treated as a chew toy."

Here he is in all his glory:

Puppy Bowl 2018 will feature up to 90 puppers, but Team Fluff and Team Ruff’s starting lineup, which you can view in full here, consists of 39 total. To find out how to adopt these adorable players, you can head over to the Animal Planet website.

When is Puppy Bowl 2018?

Puppy Bowl XIV will air on Sunday, Feb. 4 at 3:00 p.m. EST and noon PST on Animal Planet. To be clear, there will be no live streaming of the event since it was pre-filmed in the fall.

Puppy Bowl 2018 halftime show

If you thought this couldn’t get any better, the Puppy Bowl XIV has its own halftime show.

In honor of JT performing at the Super Bowl, the Puppy Bowl's mid-game kitten act will perform "Meow Meow Meow," a cover of the NSYNC hit song "Bye Bye Bye."

Last year’s halftime show featured Chicago Rock Cats with headliner Kitty Gaga singing "PUParazzi." It was pretty epic. (Watch it here.)

But wait, there's more!

Along with a field makeover, there’s another new addition to Puppy Bowl 2018: The Dog Bowl, which will air the night before and will feature around 40 full-grown puppies, including some Instagram stars like Manny the Frenchie and Chloe Kardoggian (not to be confused with the Kardashian).